Successes

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Eminent Domain Experience

• Represented commercial developers in road expansion cases in Bexar County.
• Represented local restaurant in road expansion case.
• Represented specialty automotive shop in road expansion case in Bexar County.
• Represented commercial office space high rise building in road expansion/parking loss case in Bexar County.
• Represented boat storage facility in road expansion case in Bexar County.
• Represented landlord in road expansion case in Bexar County.
• Represented homeowner and developer in road expansion project in Kendall County.
• Represented court-appointed receiver in condemnation case in Kendall County involving the construction of an electric substation facility.
• Represented landowners in over 100 special commissioner hearings in electric transmission line cases in over 50 Texas Counties.
• Obtained jury verdicts in electric transmission line cases in Erath, Tom Green, Gillespie, and McMullen Counties.
• Represented owners of commercial properties in HVTL cases in Kimble, Kerr, and Kendall Counties.
• Represented youth wilderness camp and school in HVTL case in Kerr County.
• Represented family partnership in condemnation by school district in Bexar County involving over 100 acres of property.
• Represented national retailer in public transit condemnation in Bexar County.
• Represented landowners in drainage easement case in Bexar County.
• Represented industrial manufacturer in railroad expansion condemnation case.
• Represented landowner in special commissioners hearing in pipeline case in LaSalle County.
• Represented landowners in pipeline easement cases in Bee, LaSalle, Brown, Val Verde, Kinney, Burnet, Karnes, Guadalupe, Goliad, Medina, Atascosa, Frio, Fayette, Colorado, Callahan, Jackson and San Saba Counties.
• Negotiated water line easements for clients with properties located in Guadalupe and Lampasas County.
• Represented developer in inverse condemnation case (zoning).
• PUC Routing: Successfully represented "1888 Alliance" in opposing LCRA's 345kV line in CCN Application filed for proposed HVTL in Gillespie, Blanco and Kendall Counties. 
• PUC Routing: Successfully represented trustee in opposing 345kV line in CCN Application filed for proposed HVTL in Guadalupe County.
• PUC Routing: Successfully represented trustees in opposing 345kV line in CCN Application filed for proposed HVTL in Reeves County.
• PUC Routing: Successfully represented subdivision developer in opposing 345kV line in CCN Application filed for proposed HVTL in Hidalgo County.

Other Trial Experience

• Obtained jury verdict in breach of contract lawsuit filed in Kerr County.
• Obtained summary judgment in favor of safety consultant in construction site death case.
• Successfully defended Rule 257 venue dispute in McMullen County.
• Obtained favorable settlement in favor of mineral interest holder in environmental contamination case.
• Obtained favorable settlement in favor of surface estate owner in trespass case against oil and gas processing plant.
• Represented several physician groups in arbitration proceedings against insurance companies concerning CMS sequestration-based payment reductions.
• Represented physician group in contract dispute against hospital.
• Represented trustee and general partner in lawsuits alleging breach of fiduciary duties.
• Represented structural engineer in multi-party construction dispute with school district.
• Represented emergency services provider in contractual dispute with county.
• Represented clothing retailer in employee fraud case.
• Represented dewatering facility in contractual dispute with municipality and obtained favorable waiver of immunity finding from Court of Appeals.
• Assisted employer in responding to investigation and discovery in lawsuit involving workplace accident and suit against coil supplier and manufacturer.
• Represented employee in recouping unpaid sales commissions from medical supply company in Bexar County.
• Assisted mineral interest owners in obtaining division orders and recouping past payments for property located in Zavala County.
• Obtained favorable settlement and protected mineral interests in adverse possession/suit to quiet title lawsuit filed in Atascosa County.
• Obtained favorable settlement and reserved non-participating royalty interest in adverse possession/suit to quiet title lawsuit filed in LaSalle County.
• Obtained favorable settlement in boundary line lawsuit filed in Bexar County.
• Represented trustee and general partner in lawsuits filed in Kerr and Colorado County regarding division of large working ranch.
• Represented homeowners’ association in dispute with neighboring subdivision developer concerning access and construction easements.

Mediation

Ms. Valenciano provides mediation services for civil (non-family) cases. She also volunteers at the Bexar County Dispute Resolution Center.